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BEURRE HARDY. 



A good variety for the month of October, both 

 for home use and market. The fruit is uniform in 

 size, and the skin is covered with a bright clear 

 russet. 



Origin: Boulogna, France; dedicated to M. 

 Hardy, director of the gardens of Luxembourg, 

 Paris. 



Tree : fairly vigorous and productive, and forms 

 a fine symmetrical form, especially when grown on 

 the quince. 



Fruit: average size, 2 inches long by 2i inches 

 broad ; form, obovate, obtuse, pyriform, of smooth, 



regular outline ; skin yellowish green, with numer- 

 ous russet dots and covered with light brown 

 russet, especially at the ends ; stem, about an inch 

 in length, stout, with a fold at the base, and inserted 

 obliquely in a small depression ; colyx large, open, 

 in a shallow basin ; flesh, white, fine grained, 

 buttery, juicy, with rich aromatic flavor. 



Season : October. 



Quality: dessert, very good ; cooking, good. 



Value : home market, good ; not exported as 

 yet from Ontario, but exported with success from 

 California to Great Britain. 



COIYIMERCIAL PEAR GROWING. 



N.J. 



URING the last twenty-five years a 

 complete revolution has come over 

 commercial pear growing. In the 

 year 1869 Mr. P. T. Quinn, Newark, 

 published a book entitled "Pear Cul- 

 ture for Profit," which the writer read in 

 1 87 1, and was thereby induced to plant 

 freely of all varieties, with anticipations of a 

 wonderful bonanza. 



In speaking of the profits he said : "The 

 subjoined list of the prices per barrel for 

 which pears were sold inTthe New York 

 market in 1866, '67, '68, I obtained from a 

 responsible fruit merchant, who kindly placed 

 his sales books within reach ; thus enabling 

 me to get accurate data on this important 



point. These figures also show the com- 

 parative market value of the leading varieties 

 of pears for the last three years. It will be 

 observed that the prices for 1868 averaged 

 higher than the two preceding years. This 

 was, in a measure, owing to a partial failure, 

 both of the peach and pear crops, last 

 season in the eastern states. Where there 

 are three prices per barrel, opposite one 

 variety, such as $10 to $16 and $25, the 

 first two apply to the main crop, and the 

 third to choice fruit of extra size, or else to 

 a portion held back, until the chief supply 

 was out of the market. 



"In looking over the sales of pears in the 

 New York market, I find the prices for 



